Pirithous
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Pirithous, in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Pirithous and Hippodamia receiving the centaurs at his wedding. Antique fresco from Pompeii.
"Pirithous' Kampf um Helena" by Joseph Echteler and Richard Brend'amour
Pirithous next to Apollo from the west pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia, 460s BC.
Pirithous, Hippodamia (here labeled under the name Laodameia), a Centaur, and Theseus, on an Apulian red-figure calyx-krater, 350-340 BC.
Ixion
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In Greek mythology, Ixion was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly. Ixion desired Hera, the queen of the gods and wife of Zeus, and his arrogant attempt to have sex with her led to
Pirithous
…was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus. Pirithous was a son of "heavenly" Dia, fathered either by Ixion or by Zeus. He married Hippodamia, daughter of Atrax or Butes, at whose wedding the famous Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs occurred. By his wife, he…
The Fall of Ixion by Cornelis van Haarlem
'Punishment of Ixion', a Roman fresco from the eastern wall of the triclinium in the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Fourth Style (60–79 CE) Mercury is in the center, holding the caduceus. Nephele sits at Mercury's feet. On the right Juno sits on her throne. Iris stands behind Juno, gesturing. Vulcan is the blond figure at the upper left, holding and standing behind the wheel. Ixion is at the lower left, already bound on the wheel.
Ixion by Jules-Elie Delaunay (1876)
José Ribera's Ixion (1632) Museo del Prado.